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On Mon, 7 Sep 2009, tom wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote:efficiency is the most stupid thing to aim for in green power and seems to be the main thing holding it back. When was the last time you saw a sailing boat with its sails held high above the boat on poles? Its not needed - the sail is cheap cheap cheap. So is wire....I'm not convinced it would be any more efficient than any of those in that trial and it would seem to take up more space - eg. requiring 2 x 10m poles to get it off the ground with the associated guy-ropes, foundations, etc. required...
Go build it then :) Gordon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html